Off-grid energy independence with the EG4 18kPV and PowerPro Battery 

That's great! Thanks so much for the offer.

Brian, I’m a retired guy, I did everything in a home or commercial unit. EVERYTHING. I have a pair of good hands. Great work on accomplishing your trade challenges. I’m jealous of your incredible adventure! You should be proud. I’ll ride there one day.

Hahaha!

He’s a huge help!

That is awesome to hear! Hope it keeps you cramp free!!

Thank you for your kind words and support! I completely understand your frustrations with lousy products and appreciate the honesty shared by Brian in his video. If you're looking for high-quality outdoor gear and home backup power products, I recommend checking out the Segway Portable PowerStation Cube Series. It has an impressive capacity, powerful output, and fast recharging capabilities. Plus, it's built tough with waterproof technology and comprehensive protections. Happy holidays and here's to an amazing 2024!

Glad you enjoyed the video! Gotta keep it real about the stuff that will keep you pulling your hair out! Happy holidays to you too!

I think his comment was more about the single phase voltage, 120 (110-130) in the US but 240 in Europe, as an example. Aside from Edison initially choosing 110 (may have been due to lighthouse light bulbs working best with 110), the rest of the world's choices were likely either arbitrary or business related (i.e. dictated by companies that championed electrification). As far as what's better, higher voltage requires less current to support the same load and can use smaller gauge wire.

Nice!! Glad you enjoyed it. I’m still a newbie so plenty of learning to do. But yeah, I meant more along the lines of MOST “plugs” and appliances being 120v in the USA and 240v everywhere else. I can’t even wrap my head around some of those crazy 480 volt systems! So interesting.

Oh man! That's so interesting! I saw in the manual that there was SUPPOSED to be a rope. Glad to hear that you had the same experience. Still waiting for them to send me the new side panels.

Most definitely, I appreciate it so much now and it’s really cool to have a basic understanding of so many systems.

Thanks so much! It was a HUGE milestone!

I hope you do! It's pretty dang fun

That's great!! I just wanted to bite the bullet and get the big boy instead of doing the 2 6000xps

@bkxc the only benefit of the 18kpv I could was for grid tie features but definitely not worth the price difference for my completely off grid situation, and I may need to stack a 3rd when my tesla arrives which will be super easy with my current setup

Neat! Never heard of them

Awesome, glad you're digging it

Oh wow! You know I really have not tried the unflavored. I have a bunch of them from the various sample packs I have!

Thanks so much!

Love to hear it!

Glad to hear it wasn’t just me!! Hoping it’ll be a great system for years to come.

Thanks so much Jamie!! Hope you're doing well out there!

Exactly! So frustrating at first and then you never have to mess with it again. Thanks Eric!

Interesting!

Thanks so much man!

Thanks so much!!

Thank you!!

Thanks!

Yep, it's a pretty dang cool thing once you get it set up and it runs on it's own!

Thanks dude!

Ugh!! Hate that

Most definitely! I waited for the UL listed version to ship!

Ah, you're right about adding it to the title! I didn't realize "ESS" is a more generic term!!

Fantastic!!!

On the path to mastery! Not quite there yet!

Haha, thanks!

Most definitely! I kind of poo-pooed the Victron stuff for being so expensive, but just like my MacBook Pro, it's well worth it to get the good stuff!

@@bkxc I think the only problem with your situation was it was fairly new and needed to get a few bugs out. Especially not having an update manual. I’ve heard a lot of good things about it from people like Will Prowse, but of course, he’s an expert and you and I are the newbies on the block! 🤣

We’ve been up and running, just constantly adding more and more! Go to the website and check it out Everstoke.bike

Yeah, I need to look into that!

Hahah, for sure, but they still have to come out of the ground at some point!

Thanks Pat!! It's getting there little by little

Thanks a ton!

Nice!’ I’ll have to check it out

Hope it works well for ya!

That’s a great idea!

Yes!! Best $29 I ever spent!

@@bkxcis it the Jach’s one?

Big time!! Doing my research

Yep, I would. But I have no doubt that there will be something bigger and better within 6 months!

That's a Carhart jacket, Made in the USA! Not sure the actual model.

thank you@@bkxc

They have their own heater built in!

Our neighbors paid $30,000.

@@bkxc ouch! assumed this property is served by PG&E, for residential service looks like they provide an allowance of $3,300, and if it costs more than that, the customer pays. it may not be any cheaper if served by a smaller utility district, well except for taxes. taxes are a huge part of the cost. one thing to consider for the $30k is that it is life time service. but if you are running this property as a business, then replacing the solar set up every 15-20 years may be business expense. hope this new setup works out.

The batteries have their own heater! So far so good, and I’m curious to see how things go. I was much more worried about putting it inside my shipping container and the temps hitting 120 degrees in the summer!

@@bkxc thanks for the reply. I GUESS if the unit has good insulation within the case, then perhaps you're fine. But if not (and there's a lot of conductive metal in the construction), then it seems like a total waste of battery energy just to keep the unit warm in a freezing cold outhouse of a building. A few bucks for good insulation for that room may pay off in terms of unit life and less reliance on the backup generator recharging the system just to keep the unit warm in a frozen structure through the cold winters. Then the same applies in the summer - insulation will help keep the unit cooler as well. But thanks again for considering my $0.02!

It’s so cool learning all these different systems

Most homes nowadays have a 200 amp service, this is only 50 amps. But I would be very very surprised if I’ve EVER used more than 50 amps (12,000 watts) at my home. But, you can run these inverters and batteries together and add as many as you need. Tesla power wall is 10 kilowatt hours I believe, this battery is 14.

I have the 18kpv and 4 eg4 LL batteries which are 20000 watts. I believe we should not be looking at brands because you pay so much more for say Tesla for only 10000watts. The 18kpv runs a 3 ton AC,well, dryer during summer months. Granted you need quite a bit of panels -at least 10kw and for the AC i got one of those soft-start kits to reduce the start up power on the AC. The 18kpv works great. There is also the Solark brand that works great but the price for this is $8k compared to the 18kpv at $5k with comparable results. Other companies are providing stellar products where Tesla and Enphase don't have to be staple.

Not yet!

It does have that option!

It's been very slow going the past couple weeks with the clouds. BUT, right now I have everything wired in series, with half the panels in a sunny spot and half the panels in a shady spot. When you've got that kind of mix the lowest producer drags down the whole string. I'll get things moved around soon and hopefully have everything in more direct sun, and it should perform MUCH BETTER, even on cloudy days.

Nope, no bike review yet!

Cutting edge also means a version 1 product that is rough around the edges. I’m hoping now that we’re rolling I can set it and forget it!

@@bkxc yea I’m sure it will be. Once we got the systems up and running they seemed to do what they were supposed to. It was just a lot more difficult than my Victron stuff.

Solar is the main source and then we can use the gas generator to also add power. In the future I will keep adding more and more panels so we don’t need to use the generator!

@@bkxc Gotcha. I was curious about how you guys were planning on keeping this thing fed.

Haha nice

Hahahah! I believe it

Had to be my own jackhammer!

We can pay you with fresh air and a campsite!

Hahahah! Indeed

Sounds like a deal

Hahaha, Sylvester!

Do you have experience with this generator? looks interesting. 18K here also with 16.5 BF array, and 2 EG4 LL server racks, working great!

There’s always gonna be another one!

I repair both high frequency and low frequency inverters for a living. Have done so for the past 24 years. So I'm thoroughly familiar with this tech. Your inverter might be working fine now, but come back in a couple of years and let me know your inverter is doing. With my experience repairing lightweight, high frequency, transformerless inverters, I suspect that the news won't be good.@@BretMech

Interesting, thanks for the comment, what part of these inverter-chargers are you seeing as the failure point? @@solarcharging9743

The MOSFETs and electrolytic capacitors. High frequency, transformerless inverters, run much hotter due to their high switching speeds and the lack of an output transformer to buffer the surges and inductive kick back, the MOSFETs and caps are subjected to a lot of stress which leads to early failure. That's why all of the major, name brand inverter manufacturers like Schneider Electric, Outback Power, Magnum Energy, and Victron Energy all use low frequency inverter technology in their design,

It's kept the channel alive, love my LMNT!

Wife uses that product so it must be good but the pitch was just a bit too long for me. Glad it makes you money and no fault to you there. ✌🏻 And 👍🏻@@bkxc

Hahaha, we found the Signature Solar employee

Most definitely, watch a ton of his videos!